(Our apologies!) But, the next time you travel to Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, or Virginiamake sure you visit the store where shopping is a pleasure during your stay
Virginia planters had little control over the sale of their tobacco crop, until the union between Scotland and England in 1707 led to Scottish merchants opening stores in Virginia's Fall Line cities and Norfolk in the 1730's
Its not pretty, but it wont last forever
The action makes it illegal for any retailer to sell tobacco products to an individual who is younger than 21
These two sources help students to rethink the nature of trade networks and overseas exchange in the Stuart period, calling into question any potential pre-conceptions around Virginia again as the sole provider of tobacco in England in James Is reign